Book excerpt: Despite the pursuit of a handsome man who wants to marry her, Doll Reynolds is forever expecting her missing husband to return. She buys a house, so he will have a place to plant a garden. Except, the current homeowner balks at all attempts to remove her belongings which threatens Doll's dream of having a place for her husband begin to fade. The Blenders, though still peeved at her plans to move away, come to her rescue when Doll is injured during a yard sale.As they try to help her with the recalcitrant previous homeowner, Doll and the Blenders discover a corpse in the swimming pool of her new house...the homeowner. Now Doll is the police's primary suspect. Can Doll and her friends find the real killer before the killer finds Doll?